Weltschmerz à Gogo on Nostr: Another detainee has died in ICE custody. Some outlets are presenting this as a kind ...

Another detainee has died in ICE custody. Some outlets are presenting this as a kind of he said/she said situation, but the preliminary autopsy report says it was homicide. Will be, uh, interesting to see what changes in the final report, but no one is contesting the fact that there was a struggle between Geraldo Lunas Campos and staff at an ICE detention facility. If this is their idea of saving lives...

EDIT: I'd like to add that it doesn't actually matter what bad things Lunas may have done in his life. If he actually did what he was convicted of (which isn't guaranteed), then yeah, he may have been a pretty bad dude. And still he didn't deserve to be suffocated to death in a painful chokehold by agents of the state. I really can't think of anything he could have done in his life that would justify that.

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A Cuban immigrant died in a Texas immigration detention facility earlier this month during an altercation with guards, and the local medical examiner has indicated that his death will likely be classified as a homicide.

The federal government has provided a differing account surrounding the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos, saying the detainee was attempting suicide and staff tried to save him.

A witness told The Associated Press that Lunas Campos died after he was handcuffed, tackled by guards and placed in a chokehold until he lost consciousness. The immigrant’s family was told by the El Paso County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday that a preliminary autopsy report said the death was a homicide resulting from asphyxia from chest and neck compression, according to a recording of the call reviewed by the AP.

https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-detention-death-texas-2bfb614b2b222803d309f338357d04eb

#ICE #FuckICE #DeathInCustody #ReneeGood